Schedule Friday night at Poland Darts Masters 2024 including Michael van Gerwen, Luke Littler and Luke Humphries

Friday, 14 June 2024 at 08:00

Friday night from 6 p.m. the Poland Darts Masters 2024 will kick off at the ProZero Arena in Gliwice. It is the second time this World Series tournament has been on the PDC calendar.

The first edition of the Poland Darts Masters in 2023 was convincingly won by Michael van Gerwen. At the time, 'Mighty Mike' played one of his best tournaments ever. After winning 6-3 over Adam Gawlas in the first round, he recorded an average of 110.79 per turn in his quarterfinal win against Luke Humphries (6-2). In the semifinals, Van Gerwen recorded a 7-3 victory over Michael Smith with an average of 104.02. In the final, Dimitri van den Bergh was left defenseless 8-3. Van Gerwen threw an average of 113.22 in this final.

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Van Gerwen is also back at this edition. The 35-year-old Dutchman will face Karel Sedlacek in the first round in the fifth match of the evening. Sedlacek already has the necessary stage experience, as he has competed in five World Championships in the past. Luke Littler will also face a Czech opponent. 'The Nuke' faces off with Adam Gawlas, who surprisingly reached the semifinals at the 2023 UK Open.

Luke Humphries continues his hunt for a first World Series title in Poland. 'Cool Hand Luke' will do so first against Gyorgy Jehirszki, a Hungarian qualifier. Sebastian Bialecki and Jacek Krupka also won qualifying tournaments to participate in the Poland Darts Masters. It earned Bialecki a meeting with Rob Cross in the opening match of the tournament, while Krupka gets to face two-time world champion Peter Wright.

Nathan Aspinall was paired with Boris Krcmar in the draw. This is the second match of the tournament. Michael Smith will square off against Radek Szaganski, while Stephen Bunting plays against Polish world number one Krzysztof Ratajski.

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Format

First round: Best of 11 legs

Quarterfinals: Best of 11 legs

Semifinals: Best of 13 legs

Final: Best of 15 legs

TV and live stream

On Friday, June 7, at 7 p.m., the first round of the Poland Darts Masters will kick off. In this round, the eight PDC top players will take on eight players from the Scandinavian countries. On behalf of the PDC, Michael van Gerwen, Luke Littler, Nathan Aspinall, Stephen Bunting, Rob Cross, Luke Humphries, Michael Smith and Peter Wright will be in action.

Friday, June 14: 6 p.m. - 10 p.m. | First round of Poland Darts Masters. Saturday, June 15: 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm | Quarter-finals, semi-finals and final of Poland Darts Masters.

Distribution of prize money

The prize pool for this event includes £60,000. This amount is the same at all regular World Series tournaments. All participants are guaranteed 1250 pounds of prize money.

This amount increases further upon winning matches. The losing finalist collects a check for 10,000 pounds, while the winner of the Poland Darts Masters gets to take home the top prize of 20,000 pounds. By the way, the money does not count toward the PDC Order of Merit.

However, points can be taken for the World Series Order of Merit. All participants in a World Series tournament are guaranteed one point for the World Series Order of Merit. This number increases to three points upon reaching the quarterfinals, and then to five points for a semifinal place. The losing finalist receives eight points and the winner receives 12 points.